This Couple Has Been Married 12 Times

Karl Fix and wife Sandy Beug really enjoy being married. But it's the act of tying the knot that makes their bond really special. So special that they've done it 12 times — from Las Vegas to Timbuktu.

It all started when they planned their first wedding in 2004, CBC News reports. The Canadian couple opted for three ceremonies: first in South Africa, then near Fix's German birthplace, and finally at their home in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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But then Beug lost their South African marriage certificate. So on a trip to Timbuktu in Mali two years later, they got a local Tuareg official to marry them again — this time in an Islamic ceremony in a tent on the sub-Saharan desert, dressed in traditional clothing.

Karl Fix and Sandy Beug en route to their ninth ceremony with the Nyaamja people of Mala, Mozambique, on January 15

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Since then, the couple — who have traveled to over 100 countries together — have said "I do" in 11 places. And each time, they try to embrace a different cultural experience, from a Hindu wedding in Kathmandu, Nepal, to a tribal ceremony in the Amazon.

But like any wedding day, there have been some occasional mishaps: During their ceremony in Ethiopia, Fix planned to surprise his bride with a traditional gown made from cow hide by villagers. But the animal had been very freshly butchered and Beug declined to wear it. "It was really smelly and parts of me were hanging out," she explained. "We got into quite a shouting match. I ended up in tears."

Karl Fix and Sandy Beug at their first 2004 wedding in South Africa (left), their seventh in Kajana,Suriname, in November 2008 (center), and their fifth in Kathmandu, Nepal, in January 2007.

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Though they only have legal certificates for five of their nuptials, Fix, 65, still quips it means Beug could never file for divorce because it would be too complex to dissolve every union. "It's my insurance policy," Fix joked to CBC. "My wife is a 55-year-old, beautiful dentist. One of these times she's going to wake up in the morning, take a gander over and say, 'What the hell am I doing here?'"

We doubt it: The couple seems more in love than ever. Most recently, they said "I do" on the deck of ship off the Greenland coast with a calving glacier as their backdrop. The ship's captain officiated — and serenaded them with a traditional Greendlandic love song. Said Fix, "It was pretty magical."

Now, Fix is planning their final nuptials next month in Mongolia — which he dubbed "Lucky 13." "I don't want to turn it into a thing, like Guinness Book of Records. That's not the reason we did this," he said. "It's just fun. Life is short."

Adds Beug, "It just reaffirms that he's in love with me."

Karl Fix and Sandy Beug at their eighth wedding on April 5, 2013, at Las Vegas' Graceland Chapel.